{"id":454,"date":"2018-09-27T05:09:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wsa.seagrassonline.org\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2018-09-27T05:09:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T05:09:44","slug":"securing-a-future-for-seagrass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsa.seagrassonline.org\/blog\/archives\/454","title":{"rendered":"Securing a future for seagrass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing publication of a World Seagrass Association special journal issue:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/marine-pollution-bulletin\/vol\/134\/suppl\/C\"><em>Securing a future for seagrass<\/em><\/a>, edited by Mike van Keulen, Lina Mtwana Nordlund and Leanne C. Cullen-Unsworth in\u00a0Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 134, p 1-232 (September 2018).<\/p>\n<p>The 26 papers in this special issue present contemporary research across the spectrum of seagrass research, and cover four major themes that we believe are emerging as key banners for contemporary scientific research on seagrasses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seagrass ecosystem services<\/li>\n<li>Resilience and a changing environment<\/li>\n<li>Management and Restoration<\/li>\n<li>Raising the profile of seagrass meadows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The editorial, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0025326X18306106\"><em>Towards recognition of seagrasses, and their sustainable management<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is freely available from the journal website.<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the citations if you want to import them into your reference manager:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wsa.seagrassonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ScienceDirect_citations_MPB134.ris\">RIS format<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/wsa.seagrassonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ScienceDirect_citations_MPB134.bib\">BibTeX format<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/marine-pollution-bulletin\/vol\/134\/suppl\/C\">full table of contents and papers<\/a> are available on the journal&#8217;s website\u00a0and here are the titles to whet your appetite:<\/p>\n<p>Beca-Carretero, P, Guih\u00e9neuf, F, Mar\u00edn-Guirao, L, Bernardeau-Esteller, J, Garc\u00eda-Mu\u00f1oz, R, Stengel, DB, Ruiz, JM (2018) Effects of an experimental heat wave on fatty acid composition in two Mediterranean seagrass species.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 27-37.<\/p>\n<p>Bertelli, CM, Robinson, MT, Mendzil, AF, Pratt, LR, Unsworth, RKF (2018) Finding some seagrass optimism in Wales, the case of Zostera noltii.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 216-222.<\/p>\n<p>Cullen-Unsworth, LC, Jones, BL, Seary, R, Newman, R, Unsworth, RKF (2018) Reasons for seagrass optimism: Local ecological knowledge confirms presence of dugongs.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 118-122.<\/p>\n<p>Egea, LG, Jim\u00e9nez-Ramos, R, Vergara, JJ, Hern\u00e1ndez, I, Brun, FG (2018) Interactive effect of temperature, acidification and ammonium enrichment on the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 14-26.<\/p>\n<p>Esteban, N, Unsworth, RKF, Gourlay, JBQ, Hays, GC (2018) The discovery of deep-water seagrass meadows in a pristine Indian Ocean wilderness revealed by tracking green turtles.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 99-105.<\/p>\n<p>Gamain, P, Feurtet-Mazel, A, Maury-Brachet, R, Auby, I, Pierron, F, Belles, A, Budzinski, H, Daffe, G, Gonzalez, P (2018) Can pesticides, copper and seasonal water temperature explain the seagrass Zostera noltei decline in the Arcachon bay?<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 66-74.<\/p>\n<p>Gu, R, Zhou, Y, Song, X, Xu, S, Zhang, X, Lin, H, Xu, S, Zhu, S (2018) Effects of temperature and salinity on Ruppia sinensis seed germination, seedling establishment, and seedling growth.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 177-185.<\/p>\n<p>Hessing-Lewis, M, Rechsteiner, EU, Hughes, BB, Tim Tinker, M, Monteith, ZL, Olson, AM, Henderson, MM, Watson, JC (2018) Ecosystem features determine seagrass community response to sea otter foraging.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 134-144.<\/p>\n<p>Hind-Ozan, EJ, Jones, BL (2018) Seagrass science is growing: A report on the 12th International Seagrass Biology Workshop.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 223-227.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes, RG, Potouroglou, M, Ziauddin, Z, Nicholls, JC (2018) Seagrass wasting disease: Nitrate enrichment and exposure to a herbicide (Diuron) increases susceptibility of Zostera marina to infection.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 94-98.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, BL, Unsworth, RKF, McKenzie, LJ, Yoshida, RL, Cullen-Unsworth, LC (2018) Crowdsourcing conservation: The role of citizen science in securing a future for seagrass.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 210-215.<\/p>\n<p>Keulen, Mv, Nordlund, LM, Cullen-Unsworth, LC (2018) Towards recognition of seagrasses, and their sustainable management.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 1-4.<\/p>\n<p>Lin, H, Sun, T, Adams, MP, Zhou, Y, Zhang, X, Xu, S, Gu, R (2018) Seasonal dynamics of trace elements in sediment and seagrass tissues in the largest Zostera japonica habitat, the Yellow River Estuary, northern China.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 5-13.<\/p>\n<p>Lyimo, LD, Gullstr\u00f6m, M, Lyimo, TJ, Deyanova, D, Dahl, M, Hamisi, MI, Bj\u00f6rk, M (2018) Shading and simulated grazing increase the sulphide pool and methane emission in a tropical seagrass meadow.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 89-93.<\/p>\n<p>Mazarrasa, I, Samper-Villarreal, J, Serrano, O, Lavery, PS, Lovelock, CE, Marb\u00e0, N, Duarte, CM, Cort\u00e9s, J (2018) Habitat characteristics provide insights of carbon storage in seagrass meadows.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 106-117.<\/p>\n<p>Nordlund, LM, Jackson, EL, Nakaoka, M, Samper-Villarreal, J, Beca-Carretero, P, Creed, JC (2018) Seagrass ecosystem services \u2013 What&#8217;s next?<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 145-151.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien, KR, Waycott, M, Maxwell, P, Kendrick, GA, Udy, JW, Ferguson, AJP, Kilminster, K, Scanes, P, McKenzie, LJ, McMahon, K, Adams, MP, Samper-Villarreal, J, Collier, C, Lyons, M, Mumby, PJ, Radke, L, Christianen, MJA, Dennison, WC (2018) Seagrass ecosystem trajectory depends on the relative timescales of resistance, recovery and disturbance.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 166-176.<\/p>\n<p>Pag\u00e8s, JF, Smith, TM, Tomas, F, Sanmart\u00ed, N, Boada, J, De Bari, H, P\u00e9rez, M, Romero, J, Arthur, R, Alcoverro, T (2018) Contrasting effects of ocean warming on different components of plant-herbivore interactions.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 55-65.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, M (2018) The protection of sandy shores \u2013 Can we afford to ignore the contribution of seagrass?<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 152-159.<\/p>\n<p>Pereda-Briones, L, Tomas, F, Terrados, J (2018) Field transplantation of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) seedlings: Effects of invasive algae and nutrients.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 160-165.<\/p>\n<p>Ruiz, JM, Mar\u00edn-Guirao, L, Garc\u00eda-Mu\u00f1oz, R, Ramos-Segura, A, Bernardeau-Esteller, J, P\u00e9rez, M, Sanmart\u00ed, N, Ontoria, Y, Romero, J, Arthur, R, Alcoverro, T, Procaccini, G (2018) Experimental evidence of warming-induced flowering in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 49-54.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan, BK, Trevathan-Tackett, SM, Neuhauser, S, Govers, LL (2018) Review: Host-pathogen dynamics of seagrass diseases under future global change.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 75-88.<\/p>\n<p>Traganos, D, Reinartz, P (2018) Mapping Mediterranean seagrasses with Sentinel-2 imagery.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 197-209.<\/p>\n<p>Vasileios, P, Sotiris, O (2018) Anthropogenic eutrophication affects the body size of Cymodocea nodosa in the North Aegean Sea: A long-term, scale-based approach.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 38-48.<\/p>\n<p>Vonk, JA, Smulders, FOH, Christianen, MJA, Govers, LL (2018) Seagrass leaf element content: A global overview.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 123-133.<\/p>\n<p>Wallner-Hahn, S, de la Torre-Castro, M (2018) Early steps for successful management in small-scale fisheries: An analysis of fishers&#8217;, managers&#8217; and scientists&#8217; opinions preceding implementation.<i> Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> <b>134<\/b>, 186-196.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing publication of a World Seagrass 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